Procurement in higher ed is everywhere and nowhere. Coverbase brings vendor risk under one roof.
Departments buy their own tools, research handles sensitive data, and GLBA and FERPA still apply to all of it. Coverbase gives a central team visibility into vendor risk across a decentralized campus.
Why universities choose Coverbase
GLBA and FERPA aligned
Meet the GLBA Safeguards expectations tied to financial aid and protect student records under FERPA.
Decentralized procurement, centralized view
See vendors brought on by every department, even the ones that skipped central IT.
EdTech and research vendor risk
Assess the platforms touching student data and the vendors handling research data.
More coverage without more staff
Automate diligence so a small central team covers the whole institution.
Audit-ready records
Keep documentation that holds up for auditors and federal reviews.
Security & Privacy Program Highlights
We follow rigorous security practices and partner with independent experts to validate our approach. Our program is built to not only meet industry standards, but to exceed them.
One view across a sprawling campus
No central team can chase every department's vendors by hand. Coverbase does the chasing and the diligence for you.
Shadow procurement surfaced
Catch departmental tools entering without review.
Student data mapped
Know which vendors touch FERPA-protected records and aid data.
Automated diligence
Evidence gathered and assessed across vendors automatically.
Reporting for leadership and auditors
Produce institution-wide vendor risk reporting on demand.
Confidently manage procurement and risk in one platform
Speed with control
Automate procurement from intake to assessment to contract with built-in guardrails that preserve policy integrity.
Explain with confidence
AI provides traceable reasoning for every recommendation, so you can defend every risk rating, approval, and exception.
Automate with assurance
Launch new workflows, adapt controls, and meet regulatory changes in minutes, not months, without breaking compliance.
Building Trust, Together
Some of the world's most innovative and security conscious enterprises trust us to safeguard their data. We see security and privacy not as checkboxes, but as an ongoing promise to our customers. For questions about our security program or to report a vulnerability, please contact us at security@coverbase.ai